Animal-poke.



PATENTED JULY 7, 1908.

J. R. DUGKBTT.

ANIMAL POKB.

APPLICATION FILED DEC, 3, 1907.

Ira/626607.-

JESSE R. DUOKETT, OF BLAINE, MISSISSIPPI.

ANIMAL-POKE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 7, 1908.

Application filed December 3, 1907. Serial No. 404,974.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEssE R. DUoxETT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Blaine, in the county of Sunflower and State of Mississi i,have invented a new and useful Animal oke, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention pertains to animal pokes "i. 6., devices deslgned to besecured on the neck of cattle and horses with a view of preventing suchanimals from escaping through, under or over fences having wire runners;and it consists in the peculiar and advantageous poke hereinafterdescribed and specifically defined in the claim appended.

In the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification:Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved animal poke, and: Fig. 2, arear elevation of the same.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in both views of thedrawing, referring to which:

a is the body or major member ofmy novel poke. The said body or majormember is preferably, though not necessarily, of metal, and comprises anintermediate, outwardly curved portion, an arm a reaching upwardly fromthe upper end of the curved portion and terminating in a forwardlyextending angular portion 6, and an arm a depending from the lower endof the curved ortion and provided at its lower end with aorwardly-reaching angular portion f which terminates in a short,depending portion 9 for an important purpose hereinafter set forth. Atthe lower end of its intermediate, curved portion, the body or majormember a is provided with an apertured enlargement a, and immediatelyabove said intermediate curved portion the body or major member has anaperture a the body or major portion being of course made sufficientlylarge at that point to prevent its being seriously weakened by saidaperture a.

In addition to the body or major member a, the poke embodying myinvention comrises an outwardly curved member I) which is preferably,though not necessarily, of metal. The said member I) is connected in ahinged manner and through the medium of a pintle d to the aperturedenlargement a of member a, and its upper end portion is apertured and isdesigned to be detachably connected to member a by a bolt 0 extendingthrough the aperture 0. in member a.

In the practical use of my novel poke, the same is fastened through thebolt 0 on a cows neck, and it will be manifest that in the event of thecow endeavoring to go through, over or under a fence having runnerseither the upper portion e or the lower portion f of the poke will catchagainst a runner and in that way cause the cow to desist from itsefforts to escape. The depending portion g on the lower,forwardly-reaching portion fserves to prevent the poke catching underroots or vines while the cow is feeding, and is an important feature forthat reason.

It will be noted from the foregoing that in addition to being eflicientfor the purpose stated, my novel poke is simple and inexpensive inconstruction and is well adapted to withstand exposure to weather andthe rough usage to which animal pokes are ordinarily subjected.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States, is

In an animal poke, the combination with a body or major membercomprising an intermediate, outwardly-curved portion, an arm reachingupward from the upper end of said intermediate portion and terminatingin a forwardly extending, angular portion, and an arm reaching downwardfrom the lower end of said intermediate portion and terminating in aforwardly extending angular portion having at its forward end a shortdepending portion; of an outwardly curved member hin ed to the firstnamed member at one end of the intermediate curved portion thereof, andmeans detachably connectin the second named member to the first namedmember at the opposite end of the intermediate curved IVitnesses:

L. D. EUBANK, J. B. HILL.

